Shabnam Virmani initiated the Kabir Project journeys in 2002 and has since been exploring the philosophy of Kabir and other mystic and Sufi poets through a deep engagement with their oral folk music traditions. Her inspiration and joy in this poetry and its wisdom has taken the shape of award-winning films, books, urban festivals, rural yatras, a digital archive called Ajab Shahar, and a school programme called Shabad Shaala. She also sings and performs the songs of Kabir widely herself. Shabnam’s work is enabled by the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore, where she is an artist-in-residence.